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heart failure





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The heart failure caused him to suffer acute pulmonary oedema, when fluid builds up in the lungs, the preliminary autopsy confirmed.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

He died of heart failure and acute pulmonary edema -- a condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs -- two weeks after going under the knife.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

If he was diagnosed with a severe form of cancer or heart failure, Eggerman said he would “take the first exit ramp off that Mother Nature gives me.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

His daughter Lua Crofts Faragher told the New York Times the cause of death was heart failure.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

While researching the murders, I often felt that I was chasing history even as it was slipping away, and not long after we spoke, I learned that Martha had died from heart failure.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann